Washable baby shoe



May 13,, 1924, i 1,494,296

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H. SMITH WASHABLE BABY SHOE,

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Patented May 13, 192

. UNITED STATES esa-at PATENT OFFICE.

HELEN SMITH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WASHABLE BABY SHOE.

Application filed April 17,

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HELEN SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vashable Baby Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washable baby shoes, and, has for its object to provide a baby shoe made from washable fabric, such for instance, as felt, or like material.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a baby shoe which will be simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive in manufacture and yet one which may be washed at any time it becomes soiled.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a washable baby shoe embodying my invention.

Fig. 2, is a plan. of one of the uppers.

Fig. 3, is a plan of the vamp.

Fig. 4:, is a plan of the foxing.

Fig. 5, is a plan of the sole.

Fig. 6, is a plan of the tongue.

Fig. 7, is a plan of the insole.

Fig. 8, is a longitudinal sectional view of the insole.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character 1 indicates a blank of one of the uppers having a straight upper edge 2, the irregular curved rear edge 3, the concavedfront edge 4, the irregular curved lower edge '5 and the lower inclined straight edge 6. Each upper is provided along and near the front edge 4; with the shoe string openings r 7 which are stitched as at 8 to reinforce the same.

9 indicates a blank of the vamp which has an irregular curved upper edge 10 and the convexed lower edge 11 to provide the two vamp wings 12.

13 indicates a blank of the foXing having the two inclined upper edges 14 meeting at a central point 15, the inclined side edges 16 and the lower concaved edge 17.

1.8 indicates a blank of the sole of the 1922. Serial No. 553,730.

shoe having the narrow heel end 19 and the comparatively wide toe end 20.

21 represents a blank of the tongue hav ing the curved or conveXed upper end 22, the convexed side edges 23 and the straight narrow base or lower end 24;.

The rear edges of the two upper'sections 1 are suitably sewed together to unite the same at the rear of the uppers, thus leaving the front edges free or un-united.

The upper irregular curved edges 10 of the vamp 9 are sewed to the irregular curved lower edges 5 of each upper l, as shown in Fig. 1.

The upper inclined edges 14: of the foxing 13 is sewed to the lower inclined edges of the uppers 1 with the apex of the foxing meeting with the united rear edges 3 of the uppers 1, as shown in Fig. 1.

The edge of the sole 18 is sewed to the convexed edge 11 of the vamp and the convexed edge 17 of the foxing, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, which completes the forma tion of the shoe which is of course reversible owing to being made from flexible fabric, such as felt, which is washable.

The lower edge 24 of the tongue 21 is sewed to the lower or inner face of the vamp near its upper edge 10, at the median line of the shoe.

The inner sole shown in Figs. 7 and 8, is made from a piece of paste-board or like material 25 having its upper surface covered with a suitable fabric, such as canvas 26. This insole is removable so that it can be taken out of the shoe whenever the shoe is washed.

It will be observed from Fig. 1, that the free rear end of each wing of the vamp overlaps the front end of the foxing and is sewed thereto, as shown.

The many advantages of the herein described invention. will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

I do not wish to be understood as having limited myself to the details of construction shown and described, but desire to have it understood that the invention I have shown in the drawings is merely illustrative, as it is manifest that various minor changes may be made in the exact construction and par changes, or modifications as may fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims when fairly construed.

hat- I claim is:

1. In an infants washable shoe structure, a pair of washable upper sections united at their rear edges, a washable vamp section, the edge of which overlaps the lower rear edge of each upper section and stitched thereto, a washable foxing, the upper edge of which overlaps the forward lower edge of each upper section and which overlaps the forward edges of the ramp and stitched thereto, said upper sections having shoe string openings along their front edges, a washable tongue stitched at its lower end to the vamp, a washable outer sole section stitched to the lower edges of the vamp and toning and an insole removably arried within the shoe upon the outer sole.

2. In an infants washable shoe structure, a pair of washable upper sections each having a straight upper edge, an irregular curved rear edge, a concaved front edge, an irregular curved lower edge, an inclined lower straight edge and shoe string opening along the concaved front edges, said uppers rear-see being united by stitches along their irregula-r .enrved edges, a washable forging section having a pairlof inclined upper edges meeting at a central point, inclined side edges and a lower Concaved edge, the upper inclined edges of said foxing overlapping the lower inclined edges of the uppers and stitched thereto, a washable vamp having an irregularly curred upper edge and a lower convexed edge to provide a pair of vamp wings, the upper irregular curved upper edge of said vamp wings overlapping the irregularly curved lower edges of the uppers and the inclined side edges of the foxing section and stitched thereto, a washable tongue section stitched along its lower edge to the upper edge of the vamp midway its ends, an outer washable sole section stitched along its edge to the curved lower edge of the foxing section and the convexed lower edge of the vamp section and a removable insole for the shoe adapted to engage the upper face of the washable outer sole of the shoe.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to the specification.

' HELEN SMITH. 

